Direct method for rapid prototyping of near-optimal aircraft trajectories

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 865-875

  Yakimenko, Oleg A ^a,b  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; MANEUVERABILITY; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLYNOMIALS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; TRAJECTORIES; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

NEAR-OPTIMAL AIRCRAFT TRAJECTORIES; PONTRYAGIN MAXIMUM PRINCIPLES;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 0034273057     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4616     Document Type: Article

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